Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, said elections must reflect the will of the people for the citizens to reap the dividends of democracy in Africa Obasanjo spoke in Abuja at a book launch which he co-authored with a title: “Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage” sponsored by Brenthrust Foundation. The News Agency of […]
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Congo opposition candidate Martin Fayulu rejected a court ruling on Sunday that his rival won a presidential election, declaring himself president in a move that could stoke further unrest. “The constitutional court has just confirmed that it serves a dictatorial regime … by validating false results, (and enabling) a constitutional coup d’etat,” he said in […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 General Elections. This information is contained in a statement issued by Festus Keyamu, Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council, in Abuja on Saturday. Mr Keyamu said the event would take place at the International Conference Centre, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) there is no provision made for any Nigerian outside the country to vote in the general elections in 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the clarification in a statement on Thursday. He said, “The commission wishes to state unequivocally […]
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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Monday urged newly-inaugurated Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to focus on issues-based campaign ahead of the 2019 general elections. The governor gave the charge while addressing the council after its inauguration by the party’s chairman in the state, Kingsley Esiso, in Asaba, […]
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The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, narrowly escaped death on Wednesday following his involvement in an auto crash om the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge. Although details of the crash were sketchy, his media aide, Lere Olayinka, made this known on his twitter page @olayinkalere on Wednesday afternoon. “Immediate past Governor of Ekiti […]
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Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, on Saturday urged Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari to his words on the conduct of a free, fair and credible general election in 2019. Abubakar made the statement at the 2018 second general meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) youth wing summit. “President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to ensure […]
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The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday said it was sure to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) to capture the state in the 2019 elections. The state Organising Secretary of the party, Johnson Agbaje, spoke in Epe during the campaign flag-off of Abiodun Oyefusi, the Lagos East Senatorial candidate […]
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Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has inaugurated National Peace and Reconciliation Committees for each of the six geo-political zones. The committees are to reconcile all aggrieved members of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. Oshiomhole, while inaugurating the committees on Wednesday in Abuja, said its members were expected […]
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Abdulsalami Abubakar, ex-head of state, says ex-president Goodluck Jonathan showed that he loves Nigeria more than power when he conceded defeat in 2015. Abubakar said this on Tuesday at the launch of ‘My Transition Hours’, a book written by Jonathan. At the last general election, Jonathan called President Muhammadu Buhari, the then candidate of the […]
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